Jul 30, 2026 TIRZ #1 Board of Directors Meeting

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GUYS, I GUESS WE. OH YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU'D. ALRIGHT THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TODAY. THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. NOTICES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN TOURS. NUMBER ONE WILL HOLD A MEETING IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS ON THURSDAY, JULY 30TH, 2026 AT 2:30 P.M. ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. THE ADDRESS IS 404 FOURTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640. THIS MEETING WOULD ALSO BE HELD BY TELEPHONIC VIDEO CONFERENCE. IN ADDITION TO ALLOW, IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE, A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS HERE TODAY AND WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THIS MEETING. THE MEETING ID NUMBER IS 85693487165, AND THE PASSCODE IS 110994. IF YOU WANT TO DO A TOLL FREE, THE NUMBER WOULD BE (877) 853-5247. THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS AND ADOPT SUCH ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, MOTIONS, AND TO TAKE DIRECT AND INDIRECT ACTIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE THE

[1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.]

AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

[2. Establishment of quorum and call to order.]

YOU GOT THAT D ALRIGHT. YOU WANT TO PUSH THAT IN THE MIDDLE? I KNOW WE GOT IT TO THE SIDE. I APPRECIATE ARE YOU. GOT YOU STRONG. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU'D. OKAY. THOMAS KINLAW, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, CHAIRMAN HERE. DONALD R FRANK, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. CHARLOTTE MOSES MAYOR, CITY OF PORT. ARTHUR. JOSEPH GUILLORY, THE SECOND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TWO, JEFFERSON COUNTY PRESENT. JAMES. GAMBLE, COMMISSIONER, JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN PRESENT. JOSEPH JOHNSON, COMMISSIONER SABINE-NECHES.

NAVIGATION DISTRICT. RANDY T MARTIN, COMMISSIONER, PORT OF PORT ARTHUR NAVIGATION DISTRICT HERE. OKAY. HAVE A QUORUM. THANK. YOU'D. ALL RIGHT. AS FOLLOWING THE AGENDA IS PRINTED

[3. Approval of Minutes from the previous Downtown Tax Reinvestment Zone TIRZ #1 Board Meeting held on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.]

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MINUTES HAVE

[4. Report from the Finance Director regarding the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ #1) financial budget.]

YOU'RE AT LEAST GOING TO GET ABOUT 100 000 FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS WELL. OKAY, SO QUESTIONS OF DIRECTORS, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DID YOU GIVE US A OR I DON'T HAVE IT. THAT'S WHY YOU GOT ONE RIGHT HERE. I DIDN'T HAVE IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF DIRECTORS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE? GIVE YOU A COUPLE MINUTES TO LOOK AT

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GUYS, FOR THE DIRECTOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. ALL

[5. A discussion regarding projects that each participating Board Member, on behalf of their respective entities, may propose to support the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ#1).]

BECAUSE I KNOW, I STARTED OFF, I THINK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, MANAGEMENT, AND, YOU KNOW, PAM, ABOUT FIRE, EXTINGUISHER AS A ONE TIME. AND I THINK WE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THAT OR WHAT WE WANTED TO DO INFRASTRUCTURES WITH FIBER OPTICS DOWNTOWN.

THERE WAS ANOTHER THING THAT THE CITY WAS WANTING TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE ON WHERE ARE WE AT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOW, MISTER CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK MISS LANGFORD TO COME UP. WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. AND THEN DIRECTORS, YOU CAN FOLLOW US AS NEEDED. GOOD AFTERNOON. IN REGARDS TO THE, FIRE HYDRANT PROJECT, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR STAFF HAS BEEN ACTIVELY SEEKING FINANCING, LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCH TO FUND THIS UNDERTAKING. WE HAVE BUDGETED WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, I BELIEVE AROUND $50,000 OR MAYBE $10,000. I APOLOGIZE, TO START REPLACING FIRE HYDRANTS, BUT THIS IS A CITY WIDE PROJECT THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING, PUTTING A FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I WILL ASK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST, TO GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF FIRE HYDRANTS THAT'S WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY IN A PROPOSED BUDGET ON WHAT THAT COST WILL BE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DEFINITIVE NUMBERS. WITH FIBER OPTICS, WE ARE NEARING, IF NOT COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, EDA, TO BEGIN THAT PROJECT WITH DOING UNDERGROUND CONDUIT, TO ALLOW FOR, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES, NOT JUST FIBER OPTICS, BUT ALSO, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. WITHIN THAT CONDUIT, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. IF YOU HAVE NOTICED THROUGH OUR ALLEYWAYS, IT EXTENDED FROM THE MUSEUM OF THE GULF COAST TO HOUSTON AVENUE AND WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION, IF NOT COMPLETELY, WE SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT.

OKAY. DIRECTORS. I THINK WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A LISTING TO YOU. REMEMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED DOWNTOWN. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE OWNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES AT LEAST HAD THE MINIMUM. AND IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH, WITH THE, FIRE. THE RATING, THE ISO RATING. THAT MAN, IT'S BEEN SO IT'S BEEN BEEN THREE MONTHS. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A LIST OF THOSE FOLKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUILDINGS. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT THOSE BUILDINGS HAD A MINIMUM OF. FOR INSTANCE, IT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS. IT MAY BE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. YES, SIR.

WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AGAIN, NORMALLY HANDLES THAT TYPE OF UNDERTAKING. AND SO I WILL GET A LIST FROM THEM TO PRESENT AT THE NEXT HERS MEETING. CHAIRMAN.

YES, MA'AM. I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY REMEMBERING THE THINGS THAT WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT. PAM, IS WHERE ARE WE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT REGISTRATION? OKAY. WELL, WITH THE DOWNTOWN, VACANT PROPERTY REGISTRATION, CITY COUNCIL DID PASS THAT ORDINANCE TO MOVE

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DURING THE DISCUSSION, THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED IF THE AGREEMENT IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL FOR RETAIL STRATEGIES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PORT ARTHUR TOURIST BOARD. THE PURPOSE OF THAT COLLABORATION WOULD BE TO DEVELOP A FOCUSED AND ACTIONABLE DOWNTOWN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED, LIKE FACADE CHANGES THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE THE DOWNTOWN AREA MORE ATTRACTIVE AND HAVE THAT CURB APPEAL FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN DOWNTOWN. SUCH A PLAN WOULD PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A CLEAR REDEVELOPMENT WITH CLEAR REDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. IDENTIFY CATALYTIC PROJECTS AND ESTABLISH STRATEGIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION GOALS WHILE MAXIMIZING MAXIMIZING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESOURCES. SO THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE PORT ARTHUR CITY COUNCIL SHORTLY, TO MOVE FORWARD IF COUNCIL APPROVES, WITH RENEWING THAT AGREEMENT WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES AND THEN WORKING WITH THE TOURIST BOARD TO DEVELOP THESE DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. YES. CITY ATTORNEY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. SO YOU'RE REMEMBERING A LOT OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST FEW TOURS MEETINGS. YOU'RE REMEMBERING THE DOWNTOWN VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION ORDINANCE. YOU'RE ALSO REMEMBERING, THE ORDINANCE THAT'S REQUIRING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS TO BE REGISTERED SO THAT WE CAN GET THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ALSO REMEMBERING THE ORDINANCE THAT WE ESTABLISHED MINIMUM PROPERTY

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MR. CHAIR, I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE, THE EDA GRANT WAS THE CONDUIT THAT RAN FROM THE GULF COAST DOWN TO HOUSTON IN THE ALLEYWAY THAT'S ABOUT TO BE CLOSED OUT AND COMPLETED. SO NOW WE JUST GOT TO GET THE WIRES UNDERGROUND. THAT WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT NUMBER SIX

[6. Presentation and discussion regarding the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ#1) Logo, presented by Francisco Barrera.]

TERMS NUMBER ONE LOGO PRESENTED BY FRANCISCO BARRERA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO HERRERA. I WORK AS A SOFTWARE INTEGRATION ANALYST FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE LOGO REDESIGN. THE LOGO REDESIGN HELP AIMS TO BUILD A NEW VISUAL IDENTITY AS TAURUS REPRESENTS A PLACE SHAPED BY INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY, HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY. THE ORIGINAL LOGO PROVIDED A SIMPLE AND RECOGNIZABLE IDENTITY FOR TOURISTS. THE REDESIGNED LOGO WAS INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL LOGO WITH A MODERN TWIST. THE REDESIGN BUILDS UPON THE FOUNDATION BY CREATING A CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE, A HISTORY AND INDUSTRY THAT DEFINES OUR AUTHOR. TO BREAK DOWN THE LOGO, WE START WITH THE BRIDGE AS THE GATEWAY OF OPPORTUNITY. THE BRIDGE REPRESENTS CONNECTION AND ACCESS. THE TUG BOAT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PORT AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IN PORT ARTHUR'S ECONOMY AND IDENTITY. THE WATER RESOURCES ARE A RECOGNITION TO THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE QUALITY AND EFFICIENT WATER AND DRAINAGE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES. THE RAILROAD TRACKS ARE A NOD TO THE HISTORICAL ROUTES AND RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION. THEY REPRESENT PROGRESS, MOBILITY AND NETWORKING. AND FINALLY, THE INDUSTRIAL SKYLINE REPRESENTS THE INDUSTRIAL BASE, INCLUDING ENERGY, REFINERY AND MANUFACTURING. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SIDE TO SIDE, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL LOGO AND THE PROPOSED REDESIGNED LOGO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? SO, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS. GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT FEEDBACK ABOUT WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND HAVING ACCESS. I SPOKE WITH TORI AND DEE ABOUT IT. SO WHEN ARE WE PLANNING ON LAUNCHING AND MAKING SURE? I KNOW THAT PROBABLY SOME JT WANT TO STEP IN TO, BUT WHEN WE PLAN ON LAUNCHING THAT DOG ON, TERRY'S WEBSITE AND ENSURE THAT WE,

[7. Presentation and discussion regarding a new website for the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ#1), presented by the City of Port Arthur's Marketing Department.]

AND I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD SOME BLIND ACCESS OR WE CAN'T GET ACCESS TO OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. OKAY. SO, WELL, FIRST OFF, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JT ROBERTSON, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT HERE FOR THE CITY. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DRAFT OF THE WEBSITE. AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN MY COWORKER, MISS AALIYAH BROUSSARD, WHO WAS HERE, BUT SHE HAD ANOTHER MEETING AT 3 P.M. SO SHE HAD TO STEP OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLY. SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HER WEBSITE THAT SHE CREATED FOR YOU. BUT ACTUALLY WHENEVER WE'RE READY TO GO WITH IT, WE CAN PUBLISH IT. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS, A FEW FILL IN THE BLANKS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FIRST, BUT IF YOU WANT

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OKAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE UPDATES? IS IT FRANCISCO OR IS IT YOU? JT SO OUR OFFICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPDATES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU GUYS ARE THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO TELL US WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. OKAY. TORI, ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THE HEADSHOTS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS? WE CAN ALL PROBABLY GET THE BIOS TO YOU, BUT I DO AGREE WITH THAT. WE DO NEED TO HAVE CONTACT FACES, NAMES, EMAILS, OR HOW THEY CAN CONTACT THE BOARD IF THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS. SO ARE WE GOING TO ARE WE PLANNING ON WAITING ON THE NEW LOGO FOR THE SHIRTS? OR WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE HIDDEN. DURING THIS MEETING, I WILL GIVE YOU OUR SCHEDULE TO. 18 SO WE CAN SCHEDULE. WE CAN COME IN TO GET YOUR HANDS UP. BUT AGAIN, WE DO ALL OF THAT IN-HOUSE. AND AS SOON AS YOU GUYS GET THE OKAY, WE'LL PUBLISH AND GO LIVE AND HAVE THE WEBSITE DIRECTLY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IMMEDIATELY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, JT, YOU WANT YOU GOT SOMETHING DOWN? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. FRANCISCO HAS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE WEBSITE FOR YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO. I WORK IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY I WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING, A WAY TO MAP THE FUTURE OF PERALTA USING GIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS, THIS COULD BE ADDED AS A LINK TO THE WEBSITE. AND IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A PACKAGE THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH. AND WE ALSO SENT OUT A LINK TO YOUR EMAILS. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG ON YOUR CELL PHONE. BUT FIRSTLY, IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST. DOWNTOWN PERALTA WAS ONCE THE HUB OF THE CITY, AND THE CENTER OF COMMERCE AIMS TO RECAPTURE ITS PAST SUCCESS AND STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN PERALTA INTO AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. THE IMAGES HIGHLIGHT PLACES WITHIN TOURS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REDEVELOPMENT OR IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT, YET ITS MAPPING AIMS TO ASSIST IN CREATING A NEW VISUAL IDENTITY. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THE POWERPOINT, THE REDESIGNED LOGO

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IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND IS EASY TO VIEW PARCEL INFORMATION WITH ADDITIONAL LAYERS. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. AND ALL OF THESE MAPS ARE INTERACTIVE, SO YOU CAN GO IN AND SEARCH WITHIN THEM AS WELL. BUT WHAT ELSE COULD WE SEE? GIS DOESN'T ONLY SHOW US WHERE THINGS ARE, IT CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLACES CHANGE, HOW INFORMATION CONNECTS, AND WHAT PATTERNS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO SEE. GIS ALLOWS US TO COMBINE GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WITH REAL WORLD DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW A COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS. 3D THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR REDEVELOPMENT, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND FUTURE PLANNING. YOU ALSO HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP IDENTIFY PATTERNS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, AND DECISION MAKING. WE ALSO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA THAT CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO RESILIENCE, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE REDESIGN OF THE TOURS AND USE OF GIS ARE CONNECTED BY A COMMON PURPOSE. THEY HELP CREATE A NEW IDENTITY, NEW PERSPECTIVES, AND NEW POSSIBILITIES. AS DOWNTOWN PROJECT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, GIS CAN SERVE AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR COMMUNICATION, PLANNING, AND INFORMED DECISION MAKING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WAY COOL, SIR, I LIKE IT. THIS IS WAY COOL AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN BREAK IT DOWN IN ANOTHER WAY. OKAY, SO FRANCISCO IS A GENIUS IT PERSON, OKAY, WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DATA SCIENCE AND ALL THESE THINGS. WHAT HE DID WAS YOU HAVE THE EMAIL LINK ON YOUR PHONE, BUT YOU HAVE THE CITY WEBSITE, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN CONNECT INTO TOURS AND IT SHOWS THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT, JT DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT IS HERS, WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY, WHAT DOES IT DO? BUT IF YOU WANT TO INTERACT WITH TOURS, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE, WHO OWNS WHAT, WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE OF OUR TOURS. YOU CAN INTERACT WITH IT VIA THIS GIS MAPPING THAT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR YOU BY FRANCISCO. SO SOMEONE FROM OUR CITY OR OUTSIDE OUR CITY CAN ACTUALLY DELVE IN TO TOURS AND SEE WHAT'S THERE AND UNAVAILABLE. AND WE HOPE, EVENTUALLY WITH THE VACANT BUILDING, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH ARE VACANT BUILDINGS THAT THEY COULD PARTIALLY PURCHASE OR GET INTO OR RENT AND SO FORTH. SO THIS IS A REALLY COOL THING, A SKILL THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO YOU. AND, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER TOURS WHO HAS THIS KIND OF INTERACTIVE CAPABILITY, EVEN IN THE LARGER CITIES. SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRILL DOWN? RIGHT? AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE START REALIZING THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START BEING ABLE TO SEE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. SO BASED ON THE MAPS THAT YOU'VE CREATED HERE WITH THIS, IF YOU DRILL DOWN TO 3800 PROCTER STREET, THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT I'M SPEAKING OF TELLS ME THE MEDIAN INCOME OF THAT HOUSEHOLD, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S IN THAT HOUSEHOLD, THAT TYPE OF THING, HOW MANY CARS THAT THEY'RE DRIVING? BECAUSE AS AN INVESTOR FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING TO MAKE A SIZABLE INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE, WHO WILL SUPPORT, WHO COULD SUPPORT IF THIS IS THIS A VIABLE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE US ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE FOR OURSELVES AS WELL. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT WHY WE'RE NOT SEEING THE GROWTH IN THE CITY, WE SHOULD SEE, THEN WE START SEEING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS OF WHERE THEY ARE. AND THE VALUE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THEM WOULD BE AN INDICATION. BECAUSE ONCE YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER INDUSTRY THAT'S AROUND US, YOU SAID YOU SEE ALL THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT'S AROUND US, BUT YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING HERE THAT ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. I SAID, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR SOMEBODY ON THE OUTSIDE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS OR PORT ARTHUR, THAT CAN SEE FOR THEMSELVES AND BE ABLE TO PAINT A PICTURE.

THIS IS A PLACE I WANT TO COME AND PLACE MY BUSINESS. THIS IS A PLACE I WANT TO COME AND LIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED. AND I WAS HOPING TO INTRODUCE THIS AS ONE OF THOSE WISH IDEAS LATER, IS THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING OUR STORY. WHY THIS IS

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YES, SIR. WE NEED SOMETHING. WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THIS CITY IS WHAT PEOPLE START TO PERCEIVE. HEY, MAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL THIS VACANT PROPERTY, I CAN COME DO WHAT I CAN. ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S, OH MAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I PLANT TREES AND EVERYTHING STARTS TO GROW. AND WE START TO SEE THE, THE FRUIT HANGING ON THE TREE. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS, IS, IS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN I GO UPTOWN, WHAT IS IT? BARBARA STEELE. AS SOON AS I GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND I MAKE A RIGHT. GUESS WHAT I SEE? THE STREETS ARE IMMACULATE, I SEE FLOWERS, I SEE TREES, AND GUESS WHAT? IT DOESN'T STOP. THE FURTHER I DRIVE INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE MORE I SEE THE SAME. EVERYTHING IS THAT WAY. THERE IS ALSO A LINK, FRANCISCO, IF I'M CORRECT, THAT THAT LETS YOU GET ON THE STREET FROM THIS LINK, RIGHT? YOU CAN, YOU CAN DELVE IN LIKE THIS IS TRULY INTERACTIVE. OH, WOW. YEAH. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IN THIS ONE? I DON'T HAVE IT ON JUST BECAUSE OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE, THE, THE COMPUTER WE HAVE UPSTAIRS. BUT THERE IS A WAY TO ALSO INTEGRATE 3D VISUALIZATIONS. SO IF YOU SCROLL UP, I HAVE, THAT THIS BASIC MAP AND IT DOES INCLUDE BUILDINGS AND TERRAIN. AND THEN IF YOU SCROLL MORE DOWN, I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT'S FOR FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS. OH, WOW. YEAH. YEAH. YOU. YEAH, YOU CAN CLICK ON IT, YOU CAN CLICK AND IT WILL GIVE YOU PARTS OF INFORMATION AS WELL. AND, IT WILL GIVE YOU WHO OWNS IT OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S OUTSIDE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO ADD? WE COULD ADD IT ON THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE NEEDED TO PUT WATER LINES OR PIPELINES, YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE. WE CAN LINK THAT DATA INTO THE SYSTEM. FRANCISCO HAS THE TALENT TO MERGE THOSE FOR YOU, BUT THIS YOU'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE POWER BEHIND THIS BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED CAPABILITY ON OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM UP HERE. BUT IT'S INTERACTIVE, MEANING YOU CAN GO IN AND, AND SEE ON THE GROUND, LOOK AROUND JUST LIKE YOU CAN ON, ON WHAT IS IT, GOOGLE MAP EARTH, GOOGLE. RIGHT.

SO EVENTUALLY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE THAT YOU JUST HAD UP? ALL RIGHT, SO I CLICK ON THAT PICTURE THAT'S ON YOUR SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. SO WILL I BE ABLE TO. SO THIS IS THIS HYPOTHETICAL SAID IT'S NOT A MOTIF OF THING. IT'S JUST A VACANT BUILDING THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN AND IT'S FOR SALE. I CLICK ON IT. WILL I BE ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY GO INSIDE, TAKE A PICTURE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE INSIDE? NO. PROBABLY SAFETY REASONS PROBABLY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? YEAH. BUT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. BECAUSE IF, IF I'M AN INVESTOR, I WANT TO LOOK INSIDE IF I CAN AND IF I'M NOT FROM HERE, IF I'M NOT FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS NOW YOU GOTTA BE REAL, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO

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THANK YOU, MISS ROXANNE. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF I MAY, I KNOW THAT IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS NOTHING'S HAPPENED, BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED. WE GOT THE 1 MILLION EDA CONDUIT UNDERGROUND. WE'VE GOT ORDINANCES IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT. WE GOT THIS $2.4 MILLION GRANT FOR SABINE WITH INTERESTED PARTIES COMING THROUGH. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, WE WE WE HAVE NEW SIGNS OUT. WE SEE PLANTS IN OUR PLANTERS NOW. I MEAN, THINGS ARE MOVING. AND AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT YOU'RE GETTING MORE MONEY. SO YOU GOT A QUARTER OF A MILLION, YOU'LL HAVE MAYBE WHAT, 300 TO 400,000 NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S TIME TO START IMPLEMENTING. WE'LL SPEND THE MONEY. BUT, BUT WE DONE GOOD THE PAST THREE MONTHS THAT DON'T EVEN INCLUDE WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO FOR YOU ELECTRONICALLY THAT YOU GUYS APPARENTLY TRIED HOUSE THAT DID NOT COST A DIME. SO WE'RE WORKING IT FOR YOU. OKAY. AND ANOTHER POINT, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT BACK UP AND DEFINITELY COACH GAMBLE. IF YOU REMEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER DID BRING UP WITH THE TIRES WORKING

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DETERS ALSO HAS CREDIT WORTHINESS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A BASELINE OF ABOUT 100 000 COMING IN, JUST AS WE EXIST, YOU CAN BEGIN LOOKING AT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NOW THAT YOU HAVE REVENUES THAT CAN SUPPORT THAT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO, WHAT, THE COACH GAMBLE AND THE JUDGE SAID, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS AWARE YOU ARE 100% ON POINT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE IDEA OF PORT ARTHUR TAKING CONTROL OF ITS NARRATIVE AND TAKING CONTROL OF ITS OWN STORY. AND IT IS IN THAT VEIN, THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS AWARE THAT THE CITY MANAGER INSTRUCTED US TO CREATE THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DIVISION, IN HIS OFFICE. AND, MISS ROBINSON AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH ALLOWING US TO EVOLVE, THAT FUNCTION. BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. WE ARE WORKING TO, REFRAME THE DISCUSSION AS YOU TALK ABOUT, ABOUT PORT ARTHUR, TO REMOVE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING, TO REPLACE IT WITH FACTS ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF PORT ARTHUR. AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US IN THAT EFFORT. AWESOME. THE QUESTION, I GUESS A TWO PART ONE, THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN ALLOTTED TO, THE HOTEL. YES, SIR. RIGHT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A TERRORIST ISSUE. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE OF A CITY COUNCIL ISSUE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY CONTRACTORS OR MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THAT REMEDIATION PROCESS IS COMPLETE. SO THEN ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. YES, SIR. WON'T THEY WON'T JOIN IN THAT EFFORT.

IT'LL BE IT'LL BE KEPT SEPARATE. THAT IS CORRECT. WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW FEDERAL PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES, WHICH MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD REQUIRE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THAT'S RIGHT. FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK. SO THE CITY OF COURSE WOULD BE WOULD TAKE CHARGE OF THAT AND PUTTING OUT THE R F I'M ASSUMING. Q, FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, WE WOULD RECEIVE BIDS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. BUT IT WOULD BE A FEDERAL BIDDING, PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERTAKE FOR THE REMEDIATION OF THAT BUILDING.

ANY PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE AS IT RELATES TO REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT BUILDING IS SOMETHING TOTALLY SEPARATE. RIGHT. THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD MAKE THE DECISION IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT FOR PROPOSALS, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF ENTERTAINED IF IT'S A ONE BIG PROJECT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD LEGALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY TWO SEPARATE, SEPARATE PROCESSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO UNDERTAKE. ALL RIGHT. AND SO ONCE THE REMEDIATION HAPPENS, AND I KNOW I DON'T THINK WE REVISIT THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE EFFECTS THAT MOTIVA PROJECT WILL HAVE ON THE, ON ECONOMICS. I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY GET, GET AN UPDATE ON THAT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE A PROJECTION OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE ONCE THE SABINE HOTEL BECOMES, AVAILABLE. ABSOLUTELY. REAL ESTATE. WHAT WOULD HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT, TERMS? AND I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING, AND IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION ABOUT RETAIL STRATEGIES AND THE RETAIL STRATEGIES GROUP WORKING WITH THE TOURS. AND JUST KIND OF IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHAT THE MARKET'S LOOKING AT, WHAT TYPE OF STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN USE, TO ATTRACT MORE INVESTORS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. LOOKING AT VALUATIONS, ONCE MOTIVA IS FINISHED WITH THEIR PROJECT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT DRIVE AGAIN, THE MARKET VALUE OF PROPERTY WITHIN DOWNTOWN AREA? BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE THIS VIABLE, IMPROVED SPACE, THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD KIND OF DICTATE NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DO APPRAISALS, THEY LOOK AT THINGS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS. AND SO IT HELPS TO GENERATE REVENUES, OF COURSE, WITH THE TOURS BECAUSE IT PUTS THAT BACK ON THE TAX MARKET. BUT I BELIEVE RETAIL STRATEGIES WOULD KIND OF HELP TO IDENTIFY

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NO ACTION IS BEING REQUESTED, OF COURSE, TODAY, SHOULD THE BOARD DETERMINE THAT IT WISHES TO PURSUE PURSUE THIS APPROACH IN THE FUTURE, STAFF CAN PREPARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RETURN THE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, SCOPE OF SERVICES AND FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT DEVELOPING THIS MODEL BRINGS IN SOMEONE WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE TURFS. IT SUPPORTS THE TERMS. RIGHT NOW OF COURSE, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SPLIT BETWEEN THE OPERATIONS, THE EVERYDAY OPERATIONS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, AND THEN ALSO THE ASSISTANCE WITH THE TOURS AND OTHER PROJECTS AND SERVICES THAT WE MUST PROVIDE. BUT HAVING A CONSULTANT TO COME IN THAT SPECIALIZES IN THIS AREA, IN THIS AREA OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT KNOWS WHO TO TALK TO, CAN BRING INVESTORS TO THE TOURS. SO THEY CAN PRESENT IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE TOURS TO CONSIDER, AT LEAST IN THE FUTURE AS YOU AS YOUR REVENUES START TO BUILD UP AND WE START UNDERTAKING, UNDERTAKING MORE AND MORE PROJECTS. AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION IF I. INDIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD IF, IF WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE SABINE PASS TO GALVESTON, WHERE THEY'LL BE COMING ALL THE WAY FROM ORANGE, THE SUPPOSED TO COME TO PORT ARTHUR, IN FACT, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS ALREADY, MADE CONTACT WITH THE CITY ABOUT PURCHASING SOME LAND IN ORDER FOR THIS THING TO COME FROM ORANGE. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE HAVE HURRICANE STORMS AND ALL THAT ORANGES AND WHERE IT'S TROUBLE AND A LOT OF US.

RIGHT. AND NOW THEY NOW THEY ARE PROPOSING A LEVEE SYSTEM THAT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY FROM ORANGE ON THROUGH PORT ARTHUR TO GALVESTON, ALMOST TO GALVESTON. YES. YEAH. CORBIN.

YES. SO, I WAS WONDERING IF WE ARE AWARE OF THAT PROPOSAL OF PURCHASING SOME LAND THAT THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT COME THROUGH HERE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON. THERE WAS, RECENT AGENDA ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, WHERE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAVE ENGAGED THE CITY, IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS PURCHASED IN EASEMENTS ALONG SOME CITY OWNED PARKS ON LAKESHORE DRIVE. CITY COUNCIL DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE MOVING

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YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT LAND. SO YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME THROUGH HERE. WHAT CAN WE DO AS A TERRORIST GROUP TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OF THAT? AND IT'S MY YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. GOOD QUESTION, COACH, THAT WE'VE ALREADY TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. WE'RE DEVELOPING DEEPENING AND WIDENING THE THE LEVEE AREA TO SUPPORT, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THE CITY. SO CITY COUNCIL DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ABOUT THAT. SO WE DID ADDRESS THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ALSO WORKED WITH THE SABINE-NECHES NAVIGATION DISTRICT, TO ACQUIRE SOME LAND ON PLEASURE ISLAND. RIGHT. THAT TIES INTO THAT PROJECT AS WELL. THE SABINE-NECHES NAVIGATION DISTRICT HAS ASKED FOR LAND ALONG AN ESTABLISHED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK THAT WE HAVE RIGHT ACROSS RV PARK.

THE. YES, RIGHT ACROSS THE CANAL, AS WELL AS A PORTION OF OUR FORMER GOLF COURSE THAT'S ACROSS THE CANAL. THE CITY HAS NEGOTIATED WITH THEM AND I BELIEVE HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT, TO FREE UP SOME PROPERTY FOR THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROJECT OF WIDENING THE LEVEE. THE WORK'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE'VE DONE THE LEGAL WORK FOR IT AND THERE'S BEEN THE WIDENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ABOUT $14 MILLION TO IMPLEMENT A LARGER WATER PIPE CONDUIT UNDERNEATH THE CHANNEL THAT GOES 100FT DEEP. THAT IS CORRECT TO PLEASURE ISLAND, THAT PROJECT THEY WERE JUST WORKING ON RIGHT HERE ON LAKESHORE THAT WENT FROM HERE, WENT BACK ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S IT. THAT WAS IT. IT'S 14 MILLION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, A LOT AND A LOT OF MONEY BEING SPENT. AND IT IT'S IT'S YOUR TIME AND, AND IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN TERS AREA. YEAH. BUT IT'S IT'S OTHER SOURCES COMING IN. IT'S NOT USING THE TERS MONEY. IT'S OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AS PUBLIC ENTITY COMING THROUGH TO FILTER IN. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S THE PORT DOING IN THE TOURS AREA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH, OR WHAT'S THE COUNTY DOING IN THE TOURS AREA THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH? THAT'S WHY WE WERE HOPING TO HEAR SOME IDEAS AND PROJECTS FROM YOU AND THE ENTITIES, THE VERY POWERFUL ENTITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT. GREAT. COMMISH, YOU GOT SOMETHING. YEAH. TO DOUBLE BACK ON THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED, THE IMPORTANCE OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF AVENUES OF APPROACH, THE LANDING PLACE. WHEN WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT THE TERRACE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AVENUES THAT LEAD TO DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR? SO IF WE WAS TO EXPAND THE TIERS, BOUNDARIES.

WE CAN COVER THOSE AVENUES OF APPROACH THAT LEAD INTO PORT ARTHUR. I MEAN, DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR ALSO. SO YOU SAID, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH. I THINK ROXANNE TOLD ME THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I THINK WE WANTED TO KIND OF HANDLE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I THINK AT ONE TIME ALSO, WE WANTED TO COVER, PLEASURE ISLAND, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT. AND WE KIND OF HELD BACK ON THAT. YOU REMEMBER, WE, WE KIND OF HELD BACK ON THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE DOWNTOWN. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PAM, JUST STEP IN ANY TIME. BUT I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I DO, AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK COACH GAMBLE IS RIGHT ON POINT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, CAPTURE SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT MAY BE IN OUR TURF BOUNDARIES NOW AND IN THE FUTURE DATES AND TIME. WE CAN PROBABLY CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE. PLEASURE ISLAND INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE TURFS. I'M ALL FOR THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU'RE GIVING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO INVESTORS ONCE YOU OPEN IT UP.

BUT I THINK WE REALLY WANTED TO GET A GRASP ON THE DOWNTOWN BEFORE WE GO. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH PLEASURE ISLAND. WE HAD WE FREEZED ON THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HANDLED DOWNTOWN. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I THINK ANOTHER THING WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS JUST KIND OF DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT. WE DID WANT TO EXPAND THE TURF SO MUCH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A HANDLE ON IT. I KNOW ANOTHER CONCERN FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT WAS INTERMINGLING OF FUNDS. IF YOU ESTABLISH A TERRORIST, FOR EXAMPLE, AND BRING IN THE PLEASURE ISLAND, BRING PLEASURE

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[8. Discussion and possible action to schedule the next Board Meeting.]

LET'S SEE. I WAS LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR HERE. THE 27. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? Y'ALL CAN CHECK YOUR YOUR CALENDARS AND GET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FIND OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO THE 27TH OF NEXT MONTH, Y'ALL. AND, WE CAN BRING BACK SOME OF THOSE, THOSE WISH LISTS THAT, JUDGE GUILLORY WAS TALKING ABOUT. YES, SIR. THAT'S A THURSDAY. THAT'LL BE, AUGUST 27TH. AT 230. AGAIN, CHECK YOUR CALENDARS. IS THAT OKAY? PAM AND DOC 27. THAT'S GOOD. COACH WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW, I, I HONESTLY, I DON'T I HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

YEAH, RUN BY ME, BUT YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, HOW ARE YOU LOOKING ON THE 27TH, 7TH AUGUST? YES, SIR. OKAY. PAM. TORY, IF YOU CAN DO A A SOFT, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT DATE ON THE 27TH OF AUGUST WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY. I THINK GUYS, JT, PAM. I MEAN, YOU GUYS MAKING ME FEEL REAL GOOD TO BE PART OF PORT ARTHUR IN THIS BOARD. THANK YOU, FRANCISCO, AND YOUR EXPERTISE, THAT'S THAT'S JUST MIND BLOWING.

I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN TELL OUR STORY. I THINK COACH GAMBLE AND JUDGE GUILLORY ARE RIGHT.

IF WE CAN TELL OUR STORY. AND IN OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST STATED, IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE IN THE INTERACTIVE TYPE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE TERMS THAT IN THE WHOLE STATE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING SO AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, LET'S GET THIS HEADSHOTS, LET'S FINALIZE THIS, THIS WEBSITE AND AND START LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE GOT. WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. OKAY, CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN. YEAH, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF OUR ATTORNEY, MISS ROXANNE, AND REALLY COMMEND JT AND FRANCISCO FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE.

FRANCISCO, WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE G. I S CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, AND CAME BACK. WHEN I TELL YOU, PUT ON THE GROUND RUNNING AND DEVELOP THIS THIS WEBSITE FOR US, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GAINING THAT EXPOSURE TO GIS AND THAT'S HOW QUICKLY HE PICKED IT UP AND LEARNED OUR G. I S COORDINATOR, DEREK HOLLAND, WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED. WE'RE READY TO POACH HIM. ROXANNE. TO BE PART OF OUR G. I S TEAM. BUT, EVEN WITH MISS JT. JT IS FAIRLY NEW TO THE ORGANIZATION, AND SO HER AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AT REALLY STARTING TO PUSH THIS INFORMATION OUT. AND AS YOU STATED, JUDGE, REALLY TELLING THAT NARRATIVE AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR CITIZENS. NOW, THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, BUT REALLY JUST BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH OF THEM AND THEIR TEAMS FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE PUT IN IN SUCH A VERY SHORT TIME. AWESOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. WE GOT ANY QUESTIONS? IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I NOW CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 339. I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED, MR.

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